People Partner

**Purpose of the Job**:
The purpose of the People Partner role is to collaborate with business leaders to develop and execute the People Strategy to support business objectives and deliver on Shoprite’s People ambitions, employee value proposition and experience. The role is structurally assigned, reporting directly into the business area they serve with an indirect reporting to the CPO, except for the Home Office environment reporting directly to the CPO. The role provides strategic people insights and sustainable solutions regarding current and long term people imperatives and initiatives. The People Partner role provides a strategic People lens, utilising a deep understanding of their customer’s business, strategies and core People needs. The People Partner is key to the day to day operations of their business operations, providing operational guidance, mentorship and direction to the People Business Partners and People Delivery teams who provide the tactical and routine people service delivery aspects of the People portfolio in their business areas.

**Job Objectives**:**
Employee Centric Delivery**:
**People (Self, Team & Organisational)**:
Overseeing career management and succession planning for the functional business area. Serving as a coach and mentor to the People team so as to develop strategic People capabilities within the People function in the business area. Driving and supporting the business area to adopt an innovative, agile and employee centric culture where employees are supported, empowered and valued. Supporting and steering the business toward an employee wellness culture to ensure that employees are supported mentally, physically and emotionally. Enabling a culture of communication within the business to ensure that employees are informed of developments timeously.

**Financial, Reporting & BI**:
Developing a People budget for the People function of the business. Approving portfolio People expenditure as defined in the delegation of authority ensuring effective cost controls and monitoring mechanisms. Maintaining People cost management while balancing the need for optimal service delivery to employees and operations. Encouraging and developing the use of People data and business intelligence to maintain and improve the delivery of People operations, services and solutions throughout the business area.

**Governance & Compliance**:
Ensuring compliance with relevant labour relations frameworks and legislation throughout the business area. Ensuring compliance to organisational and legislative governance frameworks and standards applicable to the People function within the business area. Aligning to People Group governance, structures, policies, processes, procedures and frameworks for the portfolio as well as any additional aspects applicable within the business context. Overseeing the identification and mitigation of key People operational and strategic risks for the People function within the business in conjunction with operational teams, business people teams and other stakeholders.

**Future-Fit**:
Overseeing the implementation of change initiatives in order to build resilience and the adoption of change. Ensuring the People function in the business is appropriately structured and resourced to deliver on its mandate with the right people in the right roles with the right capabilities at the right time. Proactively engaging with the business leadership as well as with Solutions to ensure that specific talent, leadership and skills needs are designed for and implemented within the business. Overseeing identification of relevant technology requirements for the business to enable a seamless employee experience.

**Qualifications**:
Degree in Human Resources or equivalent - (essential).

Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources or equivalent - (beneficial).

**Experience**:
6+ years in an operationally, strategic HR Business Partnering, leading an HR delivery team or equivalent role, driving HR delivery of frameworks, policies, procedures and guidelines within one or more of the business portfolios: Corporate enabling functions: Finance, IT, HR etc, Supply Chain, Pharmacy, and/or Furniture - (essential).

Experience within the FMCG, retail sector or similar - (preferred).

**Knowledge and Skills**:
Demonstrable knowledge of HR practices within the FMCG, retail sector - (essential).

A sound understanding of diversity and inclusion concepts and processes and the link between employment equity and good HR practices. - (essential).

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